Some Viewers Claim This Cursed Film, Now Streaming Free, is the Scariest Movie They’ve Ever Seen
Over the weekend, I rewatched Noroi: The Curse. Kōji Shiraishi’s film ranks among my favorites of all time (seriously, it’s on Shudder), and after the credits rolled, I was desperate to watch something else like it. I was having a hard time settling, and I wanted something new, so I did what all good cinephiles do—I went online and searched for cursed movies. Noroi is, after all, cursed feeling. You know the movies I’m talking about. They’re sinister, almost evil, and they feel dangerous to watch. They’re sometimes liminal (Skinamarink), sometimes unrelenting (The Medium), though they always leave you with a pit in your stomach that just won’t go away.
A lot of the suggestions were movies I’d seen, so those wouldn’t do. I scrolled and scrolled until I stumbled upon a title I didn’t recognize. David Amito and Michael Laicini’s Antrum, also known as Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made. Deadliest film, you say? I was all in. Better still, Antrum was streaming free on Tubi. I checked it out. I loved it. So, consider this my pitch for you to curse yourself and stream Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made. I hope you survive…
Per Tubi: A legendary 1970s horror movie about digging a hole to hell has deadly real-world consequences to those foolish enough to view it.
Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made is hard to synopsize. More than anything, Amito and Laicini’s movie is atmospheric. Deliciously so. It’s a lot of vibes, featuring demon stares, binaural audio (watch with headphones if you can), and 35mm film. It is also, as expected, deeply polarizing. Some viewers swear it’s the scariest thing they’ve ever seen. Others consider it overrated and trite. I fall into the former category, though maybe not so dramatically. If nothing else, it’s unique and warrants a watch for you to reach a conclusion of your own.
In our original review of the film, we wrote, “All told, Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made is a good film comprised of several great elements, wholly elevated by the filmmakers’ literal propagation of art’s devastating effect on people. If nothing else, Laicini and Amito get a tip of the hat for taking what would have been a decent occult film alone and supplementing it with a mythos that gave it credence and word of mouth notoriety, a simple but effective gimmick in the post-Blair Witch Project era of social media.” There’s a lot worth seeing here, so say a prayer, boot up Tubi, and give Antrum a go.
What do you think? Is Antrum the scariest movie ever made? How did it work for you? Let me know over on Twitter @Chadiscollins.
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